Israeli undercover agents boast of killing Palestinians on TV http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=397902

Undercover Israeli intelligence officers appeared on national television Saturday to talk about assassinating Palestinians in a program broadcast on Israel's Channel 10. Oren Beaton presented a photo album of Palestinians he killed during his time as a commander of an undercover Israeli unit operating in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Beaton explained that he kept photos of his victims. "This is a photo of a Palestinian young man called Basim Subeih who I killed.

This is another young man. I shredded his body, and the photo shows the remnants of his body," he said ... The report was filmed in the Palestinian territories, and showed agents wandering around the streets of Ar-Ram in occupied East Jerusalem with handguns under their shirts, illustrating that the agents were still operating in Palestinian cities.

The agents, who speak fluent Arabic, are shown surrounded by masked Palestinian collaborators secretly deployed to the area to protect them ... The report explained that officers conducted surveillance before an assassination, investigating the target's friends and classmates ... In this way, agents would put together an image of the target's behavior and routine. Agent "D" said officers would then "seize the target and wait until the commander arrives to confirm his identity. Then we shoot him." This confirms previous accounts from Palestinians who have said they witnessed Israeli agents shooting Palestinians at point-blank range.

Live ammunition in Baten al-Hawa http://silwanic.net/?p=18299

Live ammunition was fired by Israeli troops in Baten al-Hawa district of Silwan last night, say eyewitnesses. Live fire was reported to be coming from the military occupied-roof of a Palestinian home. Fireworks were said to have been let off by local Palestinian youth. No injuries were reported, but a state of tension pervaded the neighborhood. The home was occupied under an Israeli military order. Troops use it as a strategic point to monitor movements of locals near Beit Yonatan settlement.

Molotov cocktails thrown at settler guard jeep http://silwanic.net/?p=18301

Molotov cocktails were thrown at a settler guard’s armoured jeep in Bir Ayyub district of Silwan last night, say eyewitnesses. The cocktails were reportedly thrown at the jeep as it drove from Baten al-Hawa to Wadi Hilweh through Bir Ayyub, setting the vehicle alight. The guards stopped the jeep and extinguished the fire, and no injuries were reported.The guards, whose salaries are paid by taxpayers through the Israeli Ministry of Housing have a reputation for violence in the village. Thirty-four-year-old Silwan resident Samer Sarhan was shot dead by a settler guard last September, and 17-year-old Milad Ayyash of Baten al-Hawa district was reportedly shot by a settler guard several weeks ago during clashes.

Gaza: Cradle of killing -- Americans too / Ray McGovern http://www.opednews.com/articles/Gaza-Cradle-of-Killing--by-Ray-McGovern-110618-700.html

I also have been cautioned by a source with access to very senior staffers at the National Security Council that not only does the White House plan to do absolutely nothing to protect our boat from Israeli attack or illegal boarding, but that White House officials "would be happy if something happened to us." They are, I am reliably told, "perfectly willing to have the cold corpses of activists shown on American TV." I mention this informal warning for the benefit of anyone who may have harbored hope that the U.S. government would do something to protect us American citizens from the kind of violence used by the Israelis against last year's flotilla. It seems best to be up front and realistic about what to expect.

Dozens injured in violent crackdown on protesters in ‘Iraq Borin http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7jQW4Y7nIxkpBWKP2fyYHsHzU5OGr5xHPIIEm4L8BSWl2GHy6WG8F%2fjkx0Rc8r8hhkvluytxcPbaES1qhPbjg3PZ6bj7SAZ5iqF8CM7KOP3Q%3d

Dozens suffered breathing difficulties after Israeli occupation forces cracked down Saturday on continued marches in ‘Iraq Burin west of Nablus in the northern West Bank. The soldiers used rubber bullets and tear gas also injuring a 25-year-old Palestinian man in the hand. He was later treated at the local hospital. The IOF has declared the village a closed military zone and has blocked the entry of supporters